From Pollock's Toy Museum to Under the Christmas Tree
Starting to think about gift ideas for friends and relatives has me recollecting the August Open House at Pollock's Toy Museum and what...
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obscuretourslondon
- Oct 11, 2021
- 1 min
Barbican Conservatory
The Barbican Conservatory is a peaceful oasis in the heart of the City of London. It takes a bit of effort to find all the way up on...
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obscuretourslondon
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
Old St. Pancras Church
I often talk about Sir John Soane, Regency era architect, on London Bicycle Tours when I point out the extraordinary museum that was...
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obscuretourslondon
- Aug 11, 2021
- 1 min
(S)Lower Marsh Market
Close to Waterloo Station and the Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel, Lower Marsh Market is ideally situated for a lunchtime stop and a browse...
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obscuretourslondon
- Jul 9, 2021
- 1 min
Visit to Recently Re-opened Museum of the Home
This week I was able to visit the Museum of the Home (formerly the Geffrye Museum), one of my favourite museums, which reopened on 12...
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obscuretourslondon
- Jun 29, 2021
- 1 min
Juliette Gordon Low in London Challenge Badge- Updated!
In conjunction with the Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting History Tours offered, there is now a Challenge Badge relating to Juliette Gordon...
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obscuretourslondon
- May 14, 2021
- 1 min
New YouTube Channel!
Since the first lockdown, Londoners are cycling more than ever! Some statistics claim that as many as 9% of all Londoners have purchased...
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obscuretourslondon
- May 14, 2021
- 1 min
New Video: Cycling from Limehouse DLR to Tower Hill!
Enjoy this street-view experience highlighting a newly re-surfaced and widened section of the CS3 with tips on places this visit by bike...
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obscuretourslondon
- Apr 9, 2021
- 1 min
Footsteps of Our Founders Video Links
For the Girl Guiding/ Girl Scouting World Centre's 30th Birthday in March 2021, my daughter and I made a total of five videos...
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obscuretourslondon
- Mar 20, 2021
- 2 min
The Old Curiosity Shop in the shadow of new LSE Building
London School of Economics's new Marshall Building is situated next to not one, but two, Grade II listed properties, The Royal College of...
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obscuretourslondon
- Jan 30, 2021
- 2 min
Plaques of a Colour?
Having spent a lot of January discussing commemorative plaque schemes in conjunction with virtual tours and related projects got me...
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obscuretourslondon
- Jan 14, 2021
- 1 min
Thank You and Info for Participants of the Green or Blue-Which one to Pursue? Virtual Tour 14.1.21
What an amazing response and discussion to this evening's Virtual Tour about Commemorative Plaque options for Agnes Baden-Powell, the...
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obscuretourslondon
- Nov 5, 2020
- 3 min
A Cathedral of Sewage/ Eine Kathedrale des Abwassers
A few weeks ago, I took advantage of an Open Day to see this masterpiece of Victorian Engineering, the Crossness Pumping Station, in all...
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obscuretourslondon
- Oct 18, 2020
- 3 min
The Printers' Cathedral and Journalists' Church (English/ deutsch)
St. Bride's in Fleet Street possesses a wealth of history and links with several diverse groups. It is known as the Printers' Cathedral...
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obscuretourslondon
- Oct 7, 2020
- 3 min
Netsuke and Exiled Authors (English/deutsch)
If the name Edmund de Waal sounds familiar to you, it may well be because you read his "The Hare with the Amber Eyes" with a bookclub...
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obscuretourslondon
- Oct 3, 2020
- 3 min
Permanent Londoners: Kensal Green (English/deutsch)
Kensal Green Cemetery is an early-Victorian cemetery of great historic value. It is the oldest of the 'Magnificant Seven', large,...
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obscuretourslondon
- Sep 30, 2020
- 3 min
The Mary Ward Settlement: Building with a Social Purpose (English/deutsch)
During the Open House Weekend events, I went on an "Edwardian Art and Architecture in Holborn and Bloomsbury" Walk offered by the Art...
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obscuretourslondon
- Sep 11, 2020
- 1 min
Rolling Stones Open Flagship Store
The Rolling Stones just opened their new, flagship store at No. 9 Carnaby Street. Known as RS No.9, it will feature exclusive...
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obscuretourslondon
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
Biking is Booming!
Around the world sales and usage of bikes for transport and exercise are exploding. It’s the perfect storm of solutions to congested...
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obscuretourslondon
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
(Best of) Banksy Tunnel Graffiti
Leake Street a.k.a. "the Banksy Tunnel" underneath Waterloo Station showcases an ever-changing (it literally changes all the time)...
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